2024-2025 Course Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Oct 12, 2024  
2024-2025 Course Catalog and Student Handbook

Cisco Network Specialist CCNA Certificate


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Program Description

The purpose of Cisco Network Specialist certificate CCNA is to teach students the principles, practices and skills needed to design, build and maintain small to medium-size local area networks and wide area networks capable of supporting national and global organizations. In addition, this technical certificate will prepare them for the CompTIA Network+ and Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) and exams. Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA®) validates the ability to install, configure, operate, and troubleshoot medium-size route and switched networks, including implementation and verification of connections to remote sites in a WAN. CCNA curriculum includes basic mitigation of security threats, introduction to wireless networking concepts and terminology, and performance-based skills. The curriculum also includes (but is not limited to) the use of these protocols: IP, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Routing Information Protocol Version 2 (RIPv2), VLANs, Ethernet, access control lists (ACLs).

In order to be able to take the Cisco classes, students must first apply and be admitted into the Cisco Network Specialist CCNA or networking specialist degree or diploma programs. Applicants to this program are accepted every semester.

View the Cisco Network Specialist CCNA Certificate Program Fact Sheet  for additional information.

Employment Opportunities

Network support technician, network engineer, network WAN administrator

Curriculum


Essential Technical Courses (16 Credits)


Total Hours: 16


Suggested First Semester classes:


Note:


Some courses may have additional prerequisites not listed in the curriculum. Please refer to individual course descriptions for further information.

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